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The newest New Pornographers album, Brill Bruisers, is a mammoth victory for the band and its fans. Its huge, deeply satisfying choruses sidestep potential clichés. And without sacrificing immediacy or impact, AC Newman’s lyrics have enough ambiguity for listeners to find new wrinkles after dozens of visits. Brill Bruisers feels like a follow-up to 2005’s Twin Cinema more than their two last albums did, due to the prominence of Kurt Dahle’s gut-punch drumming. It’s a welcome, tom-heavy return, as Dahle’s propulsion is the band’s true engine. Destroyer’s Dan Bejar returns with three strong and elliptical contributions, including the motorcycles-in-the-neon-twilight synth throb of “War On The East Coast.” Neko Case is in fine form throughout, sounding particularly lovely atop the striding arpeggios of “Marching Orders” and stepping through the mysterious thicket of “Backstairs.” This is the New Pornographers at their most assured and confident, and it’s a thrill to hear them sounding so fully revitalized. Their veins are thick with fast-moving blood, lungs full of air. Todd Fancey sounds spectacular these days, too. KEVIN SEAL